Vessel-handle.



No. 69I,97U. Patented Jan. 28, I902.

A. R. PRITGHARD.

V ESSEL HANDLE.

A lication filed Apr. 27, 1901.

(No Modl.)

WITNESSES:

INVENTUI}; @.%.0M/ 6? n UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT R. PRITCI-IARD, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

VESSEL-HANDLE.

EPEC'IFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 691,970, dated January28, 1902. Application filed April 27, 1901. Serial No. 57,698. (Nomodel.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT R. PRITCHARD, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of NewYork, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inVessel-Handles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to vessel-handles; and it consists in themechanism hereinafter described and claimed.

The" object of the invention is to produce a strong, cheap, andornamental handle for vessels, particularly for sheet-metal ware.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a vessel-handleembodying this invention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4 is an elevation of aslightly-modified form of the handle shown applied to a coffee or teapot.

The device consists of a pair of supportingarms A, identical, ifdesired, in form and adapted tobeattachedtoavessel. In the drawingsrivet-holes are shown in said arms for this purpose. The said arms Ahave portions at extending outward from the vessel. Near the end of eacharm it is perforated, and from the inner edge of the perforation aflange a is made, which extends outward toward the ends of the completehandle. Upon this flange a there fits a cap B, whose interior is soformed as to form a cavity continuous with the interior of the flange a.The hand-grasp portion 0 of the handle in the form of the inventionshown is perforated from end to end and has a portion 0, adapted to fitsnugly in the cavity produced by the interior wall of the flange a andof the cap 13. I prefer that the said hand-grasp should have a shouldero, fitting against the inner face of the arm A, adjacent to the openingproduced by the flange a. I I

The complete handle has means for fastening the caps B, arms A, andhand-grasp G together.

The caps B B are perforated in line with the perforation'c in thehand-grasp C, so that a rod or bolt D can pass through both caps andthrough the hand-grasp G and being upset on its ends on the outside ofthe cap B or otherwise fastened thereto, as by soldering, may bind thewhole handle firmly together. The caps B are preferably soldered to theflanges a.

The structure thus producedis very strong and is well braced against thevarious strains to'which it may be subjected.

In Fig. 4 the construction of the handle is exactly the same asthatshown in the other figures, except that the arms A A are bent to besuitably attached to a vessel, such as a coffee or tea pot, while theform of handle shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3 is adapted to tubs,washboilers, kettles, 85c.

What I claim is- In a vessel-handle, a pair of supportingarms, each armhaving a perforation and a flange extending from the edge of theperforation, a cap fitting around said flange and having an interiorcontour continuous with the interior of the flange, a hand-grasp havinga shoulder adapted to fit against the inner side of each arm adjacent tosaid flanged perforation and ends fitting in the cavities produced bythe flanges and caps, and a rod passing through the hand-grasp and thecaps and fastened to said caps, substantially as described.

ALBERT R. PRITOHARD.

Witnesses:

NELSON E. SPENCER, F. BISSELL.

